Biodiversity
The world’s mountains encompass some of the most spectacular landscapes and pockets of life that are found only at a particular elevation and on a specific mountain or range.
However, climate change, poverty, commercial mining, logging and poaching all exact a heavy toll: mountain gorillas in Central East Africa, spectacled bears in the Andes and the resplendent quetzals of Central America are all clinging to ever-shrinking patches of cloud forest.
As arks of life, preserving much of the world’s biodiversity, mountains deserve international attention.
The World Wilderness Congress (WWC): WILD10-Make the World a Wilder PlaceeventHow can we protect, sustain and restore wild nature while also providing enhanced social and economic opportunities for human society? A full concept paper and specific proposals are available for WILD10 projects under three main streams: PLANET - Nature Needs Half, PROSPERITY - Living With and From Nature...
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Mountains: Key Players for Global Sustainable DevelopementpublicationMountains: Key Players for Global Sustainable Developement Download » |
Mountains under Watch 2013 (MUW13)eventMountains Under Watch is an interdisciplinary conference that aims at bringing together scientists and experts working in the diverse fields of climate change studies in mountain areas around the world. The specific goal of the conference is to share experiences, methods and strategies for long term observations and monitoring of...
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Dam building in the Indian Himalayas threatens biodiversitynewsUnprecedented dam building in the Indian Himalayas holds serious consequences for biodiversity and could pose a threat to human lives and livelihoods, a new study has found. A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore, the University of Delhi and the Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy...
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Mountain gorilla population growsnewsThe total world population of mountain gorillas has risen to 880, according to census data released a week ago by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. The critically endangered animals live only in two locations, Bwindi and the Virunga Massif area, which spans parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and...
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Himalayan Glaciers Will Shrink Despite Steady ClimatenewsSome glaciers of the Himalayas will continue shrinking for many years to come, even if temperatures hold steady, a Brigham Young University geology professor, Summer Rupert, has predicted. Rupper’s most conservative findings indicate that even if climate remained steady, almost 10 percent of Bhutan’s glaciers will vanish within the next...
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